836 ; LXXV. CUOURBITACE £. [Elateriee. ' 
Corolla hypocrateriformis, tubo brevi v. elongato inflato v. cylindrico, laciniis oblongis 
linearibus laneeolatisve. Filamenta in eolumnam elongatam conüuentia; antherse in 
capitulum oblongum v. globosum eonnatz, loculis linearibus sigmoideo-flexuesis, connec- 
tivo interdum ultra loculos producto. Ovarii rudimentum O. Fl, 9 solitarii, Calyx et 
eorolla maris. Staminum rudimenta 0. Ovarium oblique ovoideum, rostratum, hispi- 
dum v. echinatum, 1-6-loeulare, sspius 3-loculare loculis 2, 2c-ovulatis tertio vacuo, 
rarius 4-loculare loculis 1-2 vacuis v. 4-locellatum locellis per paria suprapositis stylus 
columnaris v. filiformis, sub stigmate magno capitato contractus; ovula in loculis 2-oc, 
in ovariis oc-locellatis in quoque locello solitaria, erecta horizontalia v. adscendentia. 
Fructus oblique ovoideus, rostratus, gibbus, carnosus, 1-oo-locularis, elastice ruptus, 
columnam centralem v. lateralem placeniiferam nudans. Semina complanata, marginata, 
margine sepe crenulato.—Herbs scandentes, annus, glabrse v. pubescentes, radice per- 
ennante. Folia cordata, integra lobata v. partita. Cirrhi graciles, 2-fidi. Flores parvi, 
pedunculis $ szpe gracillimis, pedicellis capillaribus; fl. ? pedunculo brevi v. elongato, 
nunc gracillimo. 
Species ad 16, Americr tropicm prsecipue Mexiei et Venezuele incohe. DC. Prod. iii. 310. 
Walp. Rep. ii. 208: Amn.i.317; iv. 869. Jacq. Stirp. Amer. t. 154. 
RrrriDosTYLIS, Hook. et Ara. Bot. Beech. Voy. A24. t. 97; Walp. Bep. v. 762, ab Eilaterio nullo 
modo differt ; calycis basis (ut in aliis speciebus) longe intrusa est; columnam stamineam in fl, d et 
stylum in fl. 9 vaginans et cum iisdem confluens. 
53. Hianburia, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1858, 293; 1859, 2; 1869, 189, ?. 12.— Flores 
dioici. Fl. d racemosi. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 5-6-dentatus. Corolla profunde 
5—6-partita, segmentis late ovatis subacutis patentibus. Staminum filamenta in columnam 
confluentia; antherarum capitulum globosum, loculis perplurimis linearibus conduplicatis 
longitudinaliter debiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Fl. 9 solitarii. Calyx et corolla. 
maris. Staminum rudimenta 0. Ovarium oblique ovoideum v. subglobosum, echinatum, 
4—5-locellatum, locellis (in fruetu immaturo) in:qualibus subsuperpositis; stylus colum- 
naris, stigmate magno capitato ; ovula prope basin lecellorum solitarià, adscendentia. 
Fructus oblique ovoideus, acutus, carnosus, longe eehinatus, 4-5- v. abortu 1-2- loeularis, 
2-5-spermus, demum elastice ruptus et columnam pendulam crassam magnam apice 
dilatatam 4-5-lobum nudans, columns lobis seminiferis unguliformibus, Semina magna, 
orbiculata, compressa, testa coriacea granulata.— Herba perennis, alte scandens, glaber- 
rima. Folia late rotundato-cordata, indivisa v. lobata, integerrima.  Cirrhi simplices. 
Flores ampli, flavi, longe pedunculati. Fructus magnus. 
' Species 1 v. 2, Mexici incolee,—Genus Elaferio valde affine, differt floribus amplis, calyce cam- 
panulato, ovario 4—5-locellari, seminibusque magnis orbiculatis. 
54. Cyclanthera, Schrader, Ind. Sem. Hort. Gott. in Tusnt, xii. 408.  (Discanthera, 
Torr. et Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i. 696.)—Flores monoiei. Fl.  racemosi. Calycis tubus 
eupularis v. pateriformis ; limbus 5-dentieulatus. Corolla rotata, profunde 5-partita, seg- 
mentis late ovato-oblongis, acutis v. obtusis. Stamen 1, filamento brevissimo; anthera 
horizontalis, l-loeularis, loculo annulari, ambitu dehiscente. Ovarii rudimentum O0. 
Fl. 9 solitarii. Calyx et corolla maris. Staminum rudimenta 0. Ovarium oblique 
ovoideum, rostratum, 1-3-loculare v. 2-co-loeellatum, sspe 3-loculare, loculis 2 septis 
tenuibus in locellos 1l-ovulatos divisis tertio vacuo ; stylus brevissimus, stigmate magno 
sphierieo depresso; ovula in ovariis 1-9-locularibus l v. plura, in ovariis co-locellatis 
solitaria, erecta v. oblique adscendentia. Fructus oblique ovoideus, gibbus, subcarnosus, 
echinatus v. spinosus, 1—oo-locularis, 1-o0-spermus, elastice ruptus, columnam centralem 
v. lateralem placentiferam nudans. Semina complanata, angulata, testa crustacea, apice v. 
basi scepe 2-fida v. 2-cuspidata.— Herb: annuse, scandentes, glabre v. pubescentes, radice 
perennante. Folia integra lobata v. pedatim 5-7-foliolata.  Cirrhi simplices y. 2-co- 
fidi. Flores swpissime minuti, flavi, virescentes v. albi, interdum 6-meri. Fructus in 
una specié Peruviana ex Spruceo 3-valvis. 
Species ad 20, nobis cognitze, Americee calide et tropicse ineole, Naud. in Ann. Sc. Nat. e 4. 
xii. 158. Wair. Rep. v. 761: Ann. iv. 866. ; : 
